NG writes: "Watching the melting pot of genius games design that was SimCity 2000 gradually dilute with each new iteration has made the part of us that loved it so much die a bit more each time. So it came as a relief that City Life 2008 Edition picked up the slack where SimCity Societies had left off, inspiring hope for the future of city-building sims – especially when the concept of an MMO version was hinted at."
This week’s Humble Weekly Bundle, Focus Home Interactive 2, features a variety of different games which will please RPG fans to city-simulator fans. Notably, unlike normal bundles there are four tiers (compared to the usual three) — when you buy into one tier, you can’t change the size of your order without contacting Customer Support.
In Episode 52 of the Game Under Podcast, Phil Fogg explains why he's taking 20 hours to finish Shovel Knights (he is an accidental platforming masochist), and Tom Towers declines to play anything: instead he joins Phil in an all encompassing discussion on videogame criticism!
CitiesXL Platinum gets a release trailer with buildings being build to the sound of dubstep music.
I like how they put "Build Huge Cities" in there. From what I see in Simcity. Cities are so small.